Valve



May 18, 1943 H. 1 BEEKLEY ET AL 2,319,578

` VALVE Filed Aug. 2, 1941- 2 Sheets-Sheet l Y. mig/Z.

Patented May 18, 19.43

v.VAINE Beckley, 'Glen Ellyn,

and Rollin H. Lacart,

Henry L.

, Oak Park,

Richard H. Gubert, i

chicago, n1.,

asslgnors to The Electrimatic Corporation, a corporation of `Illinois o l AppliemonAugusta,1941,serialize.405,266 i t 4 claims. (ci. l'

` This invention' relates to a valve, and more particularly t'o a valve designed to provide remotely controlled actuation for another device, as an oil dispensing pump. e

One feature of this mote control, means for initiating flow of i'luid invention is that, 11; provides, in a single improved valve adaptedfor reunder pressureto a device, temnating such flow,

and venting fluid fromwthe device; another feature ofthis invention is the provision of two flow openings and associatedv valve members so arranged that when one is in closed position the other is in .-open position,` and vice versa;. stillk another feature of this'invention is the provision of improved actuatinglmeans-for an automatic valve; other features and advantages of'this invention will be apparent from the following specj ication and the drawings, in which:

isi- 139) f f pressed air be capable of remote controlv from-the by an' electric circuit, and that delivery point, as

cylinder after the delivit vent the air from the ery operation has been completed yin"`order-that the pump cylinder may refill with oil.- Our valve arrang'e'rnent disclosed and claimed herewith ac complishes 'these desired objects in a novel and improved manner. l

Referring now more particularly to Figures l y andZ, the valve comprises a body casting Ill proceiving the pipesv II and I2. The'pipe IIYis adapted' to be connected to some source of iiuid': under pressure, as an air storage tank having air at eightyto one hundred pounds per square inch pressure therein; and the vpipe.` I2 is adapted to be connectedtc the pump cylinder on/the side of Figure l'is ,a vertical sectional view of a ,valve j embodyingr our invention, the parts being in inactive or now blocking position; Figure y2 is a sectional view along 'the line 2-2 of Figure 1;'

and Figure 3 is a view similar to that of Figure 1, except that the valve actuating means has been energized and uid is owlngfthrough the valve'. There are 'many situations where it is desirable to provide remotely'controlled actuation of a device from arsource of `fluid under pressure,

one example 'of this being in the delivery of a measured quantityofoil or grease from a remote point to a delivery point.v That is, it is desirable under some conditions example, in the basement of a garage and to have I to locate oil drums, for

. from each other by the piston opposite the spring. The inlet andI outlet in the valve body casting IIJ are'separated a partition I3 provided with a central opening I4. j A seat 'I5 around this opening "is adapted to cooperate with a gasket I6 in a valve member I1, `upward movement of th'e valve memberuncovering the opening kI4 and permitting 'compressed air'to Ypassthrough the Whenever the valve member I'l isfin the position yshown thev opening I4 is, of course, closed and no air flows through the valve to the cylinder; The valve 'body castingthe outlet side of the partition oil delivered therefrom to` a delivery point or spigot adjacent the gas pumps in measured quantitles of a quart. The oil pump located near the oil drums in the basement may comprise a cylinder with a pump piston movable therein, ,a spring `urging the piston toward one end of the cylinder and the admission of compressed air to the cylinder on the other sideof the pistonurging it back. If this pump cylinder is connected erate with a gasket 20 in a valve member'2l,

movement of the valve member toward or away n from this seat opening or closing this opening I8.

lThe openings I4 and I8 are coaxial, being located one above the other in the particular valve shown, and the two valve members I1 and 2l are mounted upon and connected by a rod 22.

` spacing between the valve members is greater to the oil and to the pipe leading to the deliveryL Y point by conventional check valves, spring movement of the piston will fill the pump cylinder with the desired measured quantity of oil, as one quart; and admission ofy compressed air to thei other side of the cylinder will drive this quantity` of oil'up tothe delivery point, it being understood that the delivery pipe wouldalwa'ys be'fllled with oil. f

In order to conveniently operate such an 'ar- I,

rangement from the compressed air available arounda garage orrgreasing station, however, it is necessary that the valve controlling the comannular diaphragm than that between the seats with which theyv cooperate, so-that when one of the valve members is in closed position the other is in open position and vice versa.

The mechanism providing for remote actuation of the'valve members is here shown as mounted on the top of -the valve casting' I0. The valve member I'l continues up in the form oi' a piston 23 movable in a cylinder 24, and carries et its top end a pair of plates 25 and 2G. These plates sealingly grip, betweenthem the inner edge of an 2l, the outer edge of this diaphragm being sealingly gripped between the flanges 28 and 29 of theactuating mechanism.

y I0*r is also provided y with another opening, here indicated as I8, on

I3. An annular A The The diaphragm 21 is located in a chamber having an upper portion 30 and a lower portion 3|, the only communication between these two portions of the chamber being through the orifice 32 in the diaphragm. 'I'he rod 22 and the piston 23 5 are hollow to provide a passageway 33 therethrough, this passageway opening toatmosphere at its lower end beyond the valve member 2l. The upper end of the passageway 33 is controlled by a pilot valve 34, this valve being here shown as electrically actuated.

The pilot valve 34 is mounted on one end of a stem 35 longitudinally slidable in a plunger 36 in turn slidable in a tube 31 of non-magnetic material. This tube is sealed at the top, here by a plug 38 held in place by the screw 39 passing through the top of the casing or shell 40. The tube 31 is also sealed at the bottom to a member 4I, here shown as rotatably sealed in the flange 'I 28. By this arrangementany pressure present in the upper portion'30 of the chamber around the pilot valve is retained, despite the fact that there is a loose fit between the valve stem and the plunger 36, and between the plunger and the tubev` 31. The tube 31'is surrounded with a solenoid 25 'coil 42 adapted to be energized through the leads 43 and u. When the solenoid is energized the plunger 36 moves upwardly until its top strikes the shoulder 45 at the top of the valve stem, whereupon it picks up the `valve stem and moves 30 it up to the position shown in Figure 3. Whenever the solenoid is de-energized by opening the circuit to the leads 43 and 44 the parts drop back to the position shown in Figure 1.

'Ihe piston 23 is preferably a loose flt in its 35 cooperating cylinder 24, with perhaps four to-vey thousandths of an inch clearance between the cooperating surfaces. This provides a passageway through which compressed air in the inlet pipe II works up past the pistonI 23 into the low- 40 er chamber 3l. From here the air can pass through the bleeder opening 32 in the diaphragm yto the upper chamber 30, but it is trappedfin this chamber aslong as the pilot valve 34 closes the passageway 33. Under these conditions the pres- 15 sures in the upper and lower chambers rise to that in the inlet pipe II, but since the effective area above the diaphragm is greater than that below, the pressures are unbalanced and the piston 23, the rod 22, and the valve members I1 and 50 2l are positively held in the position shown in Figurel 1. Whenever the solenoid is energized and the pilot valve is moved to the position shown in Figure 3, opening the passageway 33, the parts move up because of the fact that fluid in the upper chamber 30 is vented to atmosphere, while there is still pressure in the lower chamber 3l. In order to insure this condition the effective area of the bleeder opening 32 in the ydiaphragm 21 must be less than the annular opening pro- 60 vided by the clearance between the piston 23 and the cylinder 24 in which it moves. while the passageway 33 must have an effective are'a substantially greater than that of the bleeder orice 32. l

In this way, when the pilot valve 3 4 is open, the air is vented from the upper chamber 30 faster than it can be supplied through the orifice 32, so l that a substantially greater pressure is built up on the under side of the diaphragm to` move the parts up to the position shown in Figure 3. In this position, as is already apparent, the opening I4 in the partition is uncovered to permit compressed air to pass from the pipe II to the pipe l I2, while the opening I8 is covered or closed. 75

It will be apparent that by the use of our valve it is only necessary to push a button or` otherwise close an electrical circuit, by means located at the delivery point, to energize the solenoid 42. Energization ofA this solenoid moves the valve parts to the position shown in Figure 3, thus permitting flow of compressed air to the pump cylinder and causing delivery of oil or any other' desired material. When the pump piston has traveled its full stroke, which will be indicated by cessation of flow of oil,- the circuit through theI solenoid 42 may be broken by the operation or' a limit switch in the pump, or merely by releasing they button. Thereupon the valve parts will return to the position shown in Figure 1, terminating ow of air to the pump cylinder and4 instead t opening the pipe I2 to atmosphere through the discharge opening I8, thus venting the compressed air in the pump cylinder and enabling it to reiill for the next operation. Y

While we have described and claimed certain embodiments of our lnventionit is to be understood that it is capable of many modifications. Changes, therefore, in the construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as disclosed in the appended claims.

We claim: Y,

1. A valve of the character described for controlling fluid flow, including: a valve body having an inlet and an outlet and a partition separating them, the partition having an opening therethrough; an opening in the valve body on the outlet side of the partition, the openings being axially aligned; a rod coaxial with said openings and longitudinallymovable, said rod having a.

passage therethrough and opening to atmosphere at one end; valve members mounted on the rod on opposite sides of the openings, whereby movement of one valve member' to closed position moves the other to open position and vice versa; a diaphragm on the other end of the rod means for supplying fluid under pressure to one side oi.'

, through; an opening inthe valve body on the outlet side of the partition, the openings being axially aligned; a rod coaxial with said openings and longitudinally movable, said rod having a passage therethrough; valve members mounted on the rod on opposite sides of the openings, whereby movement of one valve member to closed position moves the other to open position and vice versa; and actuating means for moving the rod and valve members, this means including a pilot valve controlling ilow through the passage.

3. A valve of the character described for controlling iiuid iiow, including: a valve body having an inlet and an outlet and a partition separating them, the partition having an opening therethrough; an opening in the valve body on the outlet side of the partition; a cylinder in the body, the cylinder and openings being axially aligned; a rod longitudinally movable in said cylinder and passing through both of said openings, said rod having a passage therethrough and opening to atmosphere at one end; valve members mounted on the rod 0n opposite sides of the openings, whereby movement of one valve member to closed position moves the other to open position and vice versa; a diaphragm on the other end of the rod; means for slowly supplying fluid under pressure from the inlet to one side of the diaphragm; means providing for a ilow of iluid from said side of the diaphragm to the other side, this flow being more restricted thanA the supplyingilovv; means for venting uid from said other side of the diphragm at a rate faster than the ow from one side to the other. this means including a pilot valve controlling ilow through said passage; and means for moving the pilot valve, this means being operable from a refmote point.

54. A valve of the character claimed in claim 3,'2 wherein the fluid being controlled is a gas at high pressure, the rod has a slightly loose iit in the cylinder, and the means for supplying fluid from the inlet to one side. of the diaphragm includes the annular space between the cooperating rod and cylinder walls. l

HENRY L. BEEKLEY. RICHARD H.. GILBERT. ROLLIN H. LACART. 

